Comments on: 4 Task List Antipatterns http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/02/task-list-antipatterns/ Rebooting the workforce Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:01:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Martien de Jong http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/02/task-list-antipatterns/#comment-316986 Martien de Jong Sun, 17 May 2009 20:11:32 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/02/task-list-antipatterns/#comment-316986 I agree about the Someday/Maybe list. I am also keeping a list of ideas(as in wanna-do's) on Wridea. This helps me a lot to get rid of my long term ideas :p I am still looking for a place where I can store my todo's in folders and assign tasks to other tasks, as in antipattern 4. Does anyone of you happen to know of such a website? I agree about the Someday/Maybe list.
I am also keeping a list of ideas(as in wanna-do’s) on Wridea. This helps me a lot to get rid of my long term ideas :p
I am still looking for a place where I can store my todo’s in folders and assign tasks to other tasks, as in antipattern 4.
Does anyone of you happen to know of such a website?

]]> By: Andre Kibbe http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/02/task-list-antipatterns/#comment-294382 Andre Kibbe Tue, 06 May 2008 02:53:45 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/02/task-list-antipatterns/#comment-294382 Actively using a Someday/Maybe list is a great way to handle postponed tasks, for the simple reason that we've <i>explicitly</i> acknowledged that it's been postponed by putting tasks in that list category. Otherwise we end up looking at tasks that we <i>implicitly</i> know we're not going to do, but experience cognitive dissonance because the tasks are "officially" on an action list. Many people have a Someday/Maybe list, but use it to store fantasies instead of using it as a temp file. It can be a very practical list if used for actions and projects contingent on some change in mood or circumstance. Actively using a Someday/Maybe list is a great way to handle postponed tasks, for the simple reason that we’ve explicitly acknowledged that it’s been postponed by putting tasks in that list category. Otherwise we end up looking at tasks that we implicitly know we’re not going to do, but experience cognitive dissonance because the tasks are “officially” on an action list.

Many people have a Someday/Maybe list, but use it to store fantasies instead of using it as a temp file. It can be a very practical list if used for actions and projects contingent on some change in mood or circumstance.

]]> By: evielync http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/02/task-list-antipatterns/#comment-221757 evielync Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:36:42 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/02/task-list-antipatterns/#comment-221757 I have to agree that i am a culprit for the eternally postponed task as well. I write out my next action list everyday and any tasks i have left over from the previous day i transfer them to my new list. So, last monday, i started numbering the amount of times i transfered them forward. Guess what? By Friday i had finished them all. I'm also guilty of the one minute task. I love the feeling of crossing off the task or ticking the completed box and sometimes i write the task down only to cross it off! I haven't found a solution to this one yet. I have to agree that i am a culprit for the eternally postponed task as well. I write out my next action list everyday and any tasks i have left over from the previous day i transfer them to my new list. So, last monday, i started numbering the amount of times i transfered them forward. Guess what? By Friday i had finished them all.

I’m also guilty of the one minute task. I love the feeling of crossing off the task or ticking the completed box and sometimes i write the task down only to cross it off! I haven’t found a solution to this one yet.

]]> By: Serge Lescouarnec http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/02/task-list-antipatterns/#comment-188492 Serge Lescouarnec Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:54:50 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/02/task-list-antipatterns/#comment-188492 Mike Getting older, I am (hopefully) getting wiser by trying to Do Better by Doing Less. I am learning to outsource and collaborate. I think that is one of the best ways to cut down on your To Do's. Read more on <a href="http://www.sergetheconcierge.com/2007/10/piling-up-the-w.html" rel="nofollow">Piling Up the Work or Trimming the Tree?</a> Have a great day Serge 'The French Guy from New Jersey' Mike

Getting older, I am (hopefully) getting wiser by trying to Do Better by Doing Less.
I am learning to outsource and collaborate.
I think that is one of the best ways to cut down on your To Do’s.

Read more on Piling Up the Work or Trimming the Tree?

Have a great day

Serge
‘The French Guy from New Jersey’

]]> By: Anthony Russo http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/02/task-list-antipatterns/#comment-187952 Anthony Russo Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:18:25 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/02/task-list-antipatterns/#comment-187952 Good points. I personally am guilty of the Eternally-Postponed Task. I have things in my list I placed there months ago that I keep pushing off. Time to get em done, or get them out. Good points. Anthony Good points. I personally am guilty of the Eternally-Postponed Task. I have things in my list I placed there months ago that I keep pushing off. Time to get em done, or get them out. Good points.

Anthony

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